Reflections of a Curlew: Pause for Thought

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Sunday, 17 June 2012

Father's Day

This is the script for the Pause for Thought for Father's day for Vanessa Feltz show on Radio 2 - it went out last Tuesday. This is the 3rd series I've done - batches of 6 PFTs one a week. I'm uploading all the texts to scribid (I LOVE scribid) from all the series.
Thanks Dad - you are wonderful.

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Why a Curlew?

I love curlew, they have the most beautiful, haunting call, inhabit that wild hinterland between land and sea and manage to look comical and lovely at the same time. They are also associated with an ancient celtic saint. Legend has it that St Beuno was sailing off the coast of Wales and dropped his book of sermons into the water. A curlew flew down, scooped up the book and took it to the shore to keep it safe. From then on St Beuno blessed all curlew and said they should be protected for ever, hence their nests are really difficult to find.

I wrote an article for The Tablet called Call of the Curlew, it was published in 2006.

Reflections of a Curlew

Sunday, 17 June 2012

Father's Day

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